Just last week I finally decided to sit down and get a little more organized by setting up my Google Calendar. I started scheduling everything but I quickly got frustrated going back and forth between my calendar homepage and the “Create Event” page. I knew about the Quick Add feature but I hadn’t experimented with it so I decided to figure out how I could use it to schedule almost anything.

I originally thought that it would only recognize simple phrases like their “Dinner with Michael 7pm tomorrow” example but I soon realized that it is really powerful. Here are some examples on how you can use it:

Volleyball at 5pm — Schedules the event for present day unless the time has already passed, then it will schedule it for the next day.

If you love the Quick Add feature you may want to think about getting the Firefox extension that will make it even easier to get the Quick Add box. You won’t have to load up the Calendar once you have the extension, instead you just need to press Ctrl+; (that is Ctrl+semicolon) and the Quick Add box will popup right away!